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Mark Zuckerberg earned just $1 at Meta in 2024. Elon Musk made $0 at Tesla. They're not alone. A tax law professor explains how the ultrawealthy legally avoid income taxes while their wealth grows by billions annually. buff.ly/updvY1r
Billionaires with $1 salaries – and other legal tax dodges the ultrawealthy use to keep their riches
The richest Americans can largely avoid paying income and other taxes. A new book explains the history.
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December 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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I'm running for Congress to defend San Francisco, our people, our values, and our Constitution. 💪

Let’s build the future our city and country deserve. Join me at the link in bio!
October 22, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Are you with us in the fight against misinformation?

If so, please consider donating to our fall fundraising campaign.

As a thank-you, you’ll receive a downloadable e-book from our series on bold ideas for tackling the housing crisis.

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September 25, 2025 at 9:42 PM
After our on-our-feet-all-day post march ibuprofen wears off, what's next?

Here's some useful, and well-sourced, ideas - this list of 10 is entirely within reach.

". . . everyone in society has power to erode autocratic support in various ways."

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10 effective things citizens can do to make change in addition to attending a protest
Once a democracy starts to erode, it can be difficult to reverse the trend. What does it take for democracies to bounce back from periods of autocratic rule?
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October 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Neil Young brought it at Farm Aid. One of the greatest rock n rollers of all time.
September 21, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Signage in SF gets downright Founding Fatherish (Jeffersonian, in fact).
June 15, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Great advice from Peter Coyote on the "Ceremony" of protests.
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Peter Coyote on Substack
I’m watching the Los Angeles reaction to ICE raids with trepidation and regret. Three years ago I taught a class at Harvard on the “theater of protest”— designed to help people understand why so many ...
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June 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
WRT the Big Billionaires Bill:"Section 70302’s restriction on enforcing contempt citations would fundamentally alter the balance of power between the judiciary and government defendants by creating a loophole for noncompliance with court orders. Here’s how it ..."
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How would the following section in federal law impact current legal practices...
Section 70302’s restriction on enforcing contempt citations would fundamentally alter the balance of power between the judiciary and government defendants by...
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May 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow.
Well done. Hopefully this reaches a much larger audience than the print edition has.
See you on April 5th where we'll put Lesson 13 into practice: "Practice corporeal politics. . . . Make new friends and march with them."
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
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March 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This eloquently told and poignant story about the ground-level view of the people who are immediately impacted by the overreach and illegal activities of the DOGE-bags needs to reach as many Americans as possible.
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Sadly it will end poorly for the rest of us as well.
J.R. Rigby
Yesterday was the worst day of my career. I was forced to release five employees yesterday. These five are bright, young, talented people who don’t need to work for the federal government, but who.....
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February 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I've been toying with cutting the cord but my ability to DVR these shows keeps me wired to cable, for now.

Interesting analysis, if incomplete.

I think @billmaherofficial.bsky.social should drop the authors a note to point out their glaring omission here, BTW.

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How liberals lost comedy − and helped Trump win
Programs geared toward liberals like ‘The Daily Show’ once held a monopoly on political comedy. Not so anymore.
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December 22, 2024 at 7:04 PM